WATCH ABOVE: Toronto Police Chief Mark Sanders said he welcomed back Ron Taverner and said he's had people who resigned and rescinded that resignation and he has accepted each one, as the nominee for OPP commissioner faces continued controversy over his appointment. (Dec. 20)

TORONTO – An Ontario Provincial Police deputy commissioner is asking a court to urgently consider ordering the provincial ombudsman to investigate the appointment of a friend of the premier’s to the job of top cop.

Brad Blair has applied to Ontario’s Divisional Court in an attempt to force an investigation into the hiring of Toronto police Supt. Ron Taverner as the new OPP commissioner.

Blair’s lawyer is arguing in documents filed to the court that the integrity probe could be complete in a matter of weeks, leaving a narrow window for the court case and he wants it to therefore be expedited.